SPARTA - 2000

Sparta. Saketta Street. E. Zavvou (Ε'ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of antiquities at several points along this street in the course of public works (Fig. 1: site 4).
- At Saketta 5 (Georgakoulia property), a wall bordered an area of stone paving. Parts of other walls were found at Saketta 7 and 9 respectively.
- At Saketta 13 (N.K. Koulougeorgiou property) (Fig. 2), an apsidal stone wall had on the south face a round stone structure (0.39m in diameter) with thickly applied cement, used as a support for a vessel. East of the wall were two cist tombs oriented north-northwest-south-southeast, both containing single burials in supine position, head to the west, without goods but with the remains of earlier burials. Tomb 1 had wall and cover slabs in secondary use and a tiled floor: the cover slabs of the earlier burial displaced within the tomb were set inside the cist along its long sides. Tomb 2 was built of unworked stone and tile.
- Further walls were found at 15−17 Saketta Street.